To receive Mayor’s Announcements.

(a)      Former Councillor and past Mayor Ron Jewitt

The Mayor paid tribute to and remembered a former councillor and Mayor, Ron Jewitt.  Ron Jewitt was elected to Reading Borough Council at the first election of the reconstituted Council in 1973 and continued to be a member until 1991, representing Caversham Ward.  He also had the honour of being Mayor of the Borough in 1984-85. The Council stood for a minute’s silence in Ron’s memory.

(b)      Holocaust Memorial Day

The Mayor invited the Council to join him in a minute’s silence in respect of Holocaust Memorial Day for which of commemorative event was held on 22 January 2025 and to provide a period of reflection for the victims of the all too many wars that were currently being waged around to world.